Posted on 01/22/2016 6:45:06 PM PST by Hojczyk
Last night, National Review published articles from twenty conservative intellectuals âAgainst Trump.â This afternoon, publisher Jack Fowler sent this letter to friends of the magazine:
Dear Friend,
Today is a big day for National Review. Our editors have made a very forceful defense of conservatism, of principle, and against the politics of attitude, in our editorial, Against Trump.
We have received angry calls, and cancel Âmy subscription demands. One in particular broke my heart. Well, letâs hope time heals.
None of this was unexpected.
But: We have also received very strong expressions of support from many NR friends. People who believe ÂÂ and they are right to believe this ÂÂ that the main reason National Review exists is to do the very thing it is doing today.
Defending conservative principle. Defending it from being marginalized, or recast as emotion and bluster instead of as an expression of reason and intelligence.
On behalf of Rich Lowry and my colleagues, thank you for standing with us. Or, better, thanks for letting us stand alongside you as we embrace the Buckley mission: To stand athwart history, yelling stop.
Best,
Jack Fowler
Publisher
National Review
(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...
I'd tell you to look around cuz you're the noob, but you done got zotted. |
Sorry, Dad, I’m Voting for Obama
The son of William F. Buckley has decidedâshock!âto vote for a Democrat.
I’ve read Obama’s books, and they are first-rate. He is that rara avis, the politician who writes his own books. Imagine. He is also a lefty. I am not. I am a small-government conservative who clings tenaciously and old-fashionedly to the idea that one ought to have balanced budgets. On abortion, gay marriage, et al, I’m libertarian.
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2008/10/10/the-conservative-case-for-obama.html
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Funny, I haven’t heard of Chris Buckley again... Hopefully, this will end and bury all those twit writers at the NR. Medved especially needs to retire. Such a spineless wussy.
Maybe NR took a stand for conservative elites who fit well at DC elite dinner parties.
It’s nearly always all about the money!
NR hasn’t had much worth reading for the past 20 years, I’m surprised it took people this long to cancel their subscriptions. They’re nothing more than an echo chamber for the Bush/Rove establishment wing of the GOP.
Well, if we are going to talk about phonies...
Amnesty
In 2013, Cruz proposed an amendment 'to provide a legal status for those who are here illegally'.
He flip-flopped in 2015.
Birthright Citizenship
In 2011, Cruz defended birthright citizenship.
He flip-flopped in 2015.
Snowden
When the GOP's libertarian wing was ascendant in 2013, Cruz thanked Edward Snowden for 'a considerable public service'.
He flip-flopped in January.
Crop Insurance
Cruz initially voted w/ budget hawks to cut crop insurance.
He flip-flopped after blow back from Iowa farmers.
No, Trumpâs actual statements contradict the myth his campaign had manufactured for him.
Donald Trump: Oct 19, 2015 ‘Planned Parenthood should absolutely be defunded’.
Wow, took his wetted finger two months to figure out he had a losing position...
lol
I’m not going to renew. Generally it’s a good magazine. I rarely have time to read it and when I do, everything innit is “old news” already. That’s just how it goes with print media nowadays.
The Trump attacks motivated me too.
How the hell did that get past spellcheck?
Typing on the small screen of my tablet... Yes, I meant a WEATHER VANE, LOL! Wind sock also works for Trump.
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